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A fresh and irreverent comedy starring a cast of neurodiverse characters - guaranteed to be one of the funniest novels you'll read.
Leon John Crothers is 4779 days old (thirteen years and one month, if you're mathematically challenged). He has been 'moved on' from six different schools and most people think he has an attitude problem. Leon doesn't care for the label, in the same way that he doesn't care for Tim Burton, supermarket trolleys, train fanatics or Bounty bars. This time, however, things may turn out differently, as help comes from where he least expects it - Dr Snot, a physician at pains to help Leon navigate 'normal' and classmates, Tanya and Lawrence, who both face their own challenges.
When school bully Glen Jenkins humiliates Leon in the school canteen and almost destroys Lawrence, Leon very reluctantly agrees to the formation of a club, The Asparagus Bunch. How Leon manages to navigate school woes and family drama - and astonishingly ends up with not one but two friends - is nothing short of a miracle, or maybe just simply down to being different.
Shortlisted for the AN Post Irish Book Awards 2022 Shortlisted for the Juniper Book Awards 2023
As the US/Soviet Space Race heats up in 1961, eleven-year-old Arno
finds his dreams of becoming an astronomer exploding like an
extragalactic supernova. It is the summer of 1961, and
eleven-year-old Arno Creelman wants nothing more than to be an
astronomer. His claustrophobia rules out flying in a cramped space
capsule, so instead, Arno dreams of exploring the galaxies with
powerful telescopes back on Earth. Arno's first move: Enter a local
radio contest and win a visit to the new observatory that is about
to open near his town. The ribbon will be cut by Arno's idol, Jean
Slayter-Appleton, a renowned astronomer whose weekly columns Arno
clips for his own notebooks. When he finally manages to phone in
and correctly answer the skill-testing astronomy question, Arno is
thrilled. Then a new boy moves to the neighborhood, and he seems to
challenge Arno in every way. Robert even believes in astrology,
which Arno argues is not a science at all. Before long, Arno is
feeling left behind, on the outs with his friends and even
abandoned by his beloved dog, Comet. How did Arno's dream become a
cosmic nightmare? Key Text Features illustrations Correlates to the
Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or
event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text
(e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).
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